New York City would no longer turn over illegal immigrants in local jails to federal authorities, except in certain limited circumstances, under legislation that would add New York to the list of cities challenging national immigration policies.

New York Police Department officers will begin testing two types of officer body cameras within the next several months, meant to make interactions between police and citizens more transparent, Commissioner William Bratton said Thursday.

Many Jewish and Catholic schools have offered a half-day of secular prekindergarten paid for by the city and a half-day of religious instruction on their own dime. Now, the city wants to pay for a full day, but some religious schools say adding spiritual teachings to that would be too much for little ones.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday said he would allow religious services in public-school buildings, reversing a policy that has been the subject of an intense legal dispute for nearly two decades.

Mayor de Blasio said Thursday the city is moving to drop its appeal of a ruling that found the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk tactic is unconstitutional and would accept a federal monitor to oversee the practice.